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Marie Hayward Segal obituaryhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/06/marie-hayward-segal
<p>My friend Marie Hayward Segal, the distinguished opera singer, has died aged 72 after a series of illnesses. Well-known for her performances at the Royal Opera House and the Coliseum in London, and at Glyndebourne, Marie had even greater fame elsewhere in Europe, particularly in Kiel, northern Germany. Engaged by Klaus Tennstedt for the Kiel Opera House, she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni and Desdemona in Otello under his direction. She then undertook major roles in several prominent German opera houses.</p><p>Marie was the daughter of an accountant, George Bower Hayward, and his wife, Mary Isabel Hayward (nee Capon). She excelled on the tennis court, playing in junior Wimbledon, and began her studies as a singer with Roy Henderson and then with Tito Gobbi and Luigi Ricci. She continued her training in Vienna before further study at the London Opera Centre. She performed with leading orchestras at the South Bank, the Barbican and the Royal Albert Hall in London as well as at the Musikverein in Vienna. Her local church in Hampstead, St Andrew's, was blessed by having her in its choir.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/06/marie-hayward-segal">Continue reading...</a>OperaClassical musicMusicMon, 06 Feb 2012 16:04:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/feb/06/marie-hayward-segalPublic DomainMarie Hayward Segal also excelled on the tennis court, playing in junior WimbledonPublic DomainMarie Hayward SegalDenis Duncan2012-02-06T16:04:44ZBetty Brookehttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/21/betty-brooke-obituary
<p>Betty Brooke, who has died aged 87, was a senator in the States (the Jersey parliament); a weekly newspaper columnist on the Jersey Evening Post, for 48 years until her death; a&nbsp;parliamentary sketchwriter for 20 years; a lay preacher; author of several books; and leader of a meditation group for more than 20 years.</p><p>Born Betty Cassie in Aberdeen, she was the daughter of a merchant navy chief engineer. Educated at the city's high school for girls, she would have gone on to university but, with the coming of the second world war, and seeing her brother George join the Royal Artillery, she joined the Women's Royal Naval Service, the Wrens. At first attached to the staff of the Commander in Chief, Western Approaches, she plotted the courses of Atlantic convoys. She was later moved from Liverpool to London, by now a petty officer instructor. She was drilling a squad when a V1 flying bomb motor cut out directly overhead. &quot;Run like hell,&quot; she&nbsp;bawled.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/21/betty-brooke-obituary">Continue reading...</a>JerseyWed, 21 Apr 2010 17:14:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/21/betty-brooke-obituaryTony Pike/Jersey Evening PostBetty Brooke with her dog, Barclay Photograph: Tony Pike/Jersey Evening PostTony Pike/Jersey Evening PostBetty Brooke with her dog, Barclay Photograph: Tony Pike/Jersey Evening PostDenis Duncan2010-04-21T17:14:00ZObituary: Renata Symondshttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/11/obituaries.readersobituaries
<p>Highgate was the first counselling centre of its kind in England and she served as a consultant, supervisor, group leader and lecturer for more than 40 years, retiring only in her 80s. Her influence was a factor in its success, and it continues to serve north London from its base in Muswell Hill.</p><p>Like many psychotherapists of her generation, Renata came to England in 1933 to avoid Nazi persecution. She was born in Cologne, the daughter of a businessman specialising in cloth and leather, and educated at a local gymnasium. On arrival in London, she became an au pair and a nursery nurse. After a number of courses, she moved in the 1950s into remedial work with maladjusted children and then into psychotherapy. A protegee of the late Dr Henrietta Meyer - also a German refugee - Renata had no formal training as a therapist, but gained teaching diplomas. She built up experience of the discipline through a formidable caseload of clients and was especially interested in working with religious communities, in particular nuns.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/11/obituaries.readersobituaries">Continue reading...</a>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:42:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/11/obituaries.readersobituariesDenis Duncan2007-09-10T23:42:24Z